The Peru Gazette

Regular Mtg Agenda 01272014

From the Office of Congressman Bill Owens Congressman will Continue Fight Against Further CBP Staff Reductions at the Border  PLATTSBURGH, NY—Representative Bill Owens announced today that he has won a concession from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that will keep an additional helicopter and pilot at the Plattsburgh Air Branch. Owens has been fighting […]

Miner Institute gets grant to study drainage » Local News » Press-Republican.

Apartment building in Port Kent burns » Breaking News » Press-Republican.

By Adele Douglas At the Regular Board of Education meeting last week the big news was the projected balanced budget for 2014.  In his report on the budget School Business Administrator Randy Sapp was “cautiously optimistic” about the future and the ability of the District to handle the budget gaps in the coming years. He […]

From the Office of Congressman Bill Owens   WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Bill Owens announced he’s hosting a Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Competition for high school students from New York’s 21st Congressional District. “Students who can master the STEM subjects will earn great jobs and lead the nation’s next period of economic growth,” Representative Bill Owens said. “I […]

How will Cuomo’s budget change state aid to your district? – Schools.

Peru man one of only 249 to receive Legion of Honor ribbon – Denpubs.com.

A Statement from Superintendent of Schools Patrick Brimstein  Like many school districts across New York State and the nation, Peru Central School District has experienced considerable changes to how our schools are expected to operate, challenges to how they are funded, and other regulatory stresses.  After much reflection and discussion, the Board of Education and […]

How the North Country fares in the NYS budget « The In Box.

Chazy, NY; Canton, NY – The impact of climate change on Northern New York agriculture is on the agenda of the 2014 North Country Crop Congresses: Tuesday, February 18 at W.H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY, and Wednesday, February 19, 9am-3pm, at the Best Western University Inn in Canton, NY. Dr. Allison Chatrchyan, the […]

The St. Augustine’s Soup Kitchen will not be serving today, Wednesday January 22, 2014. People are urged to stay inside and keep warm!

Study: Nearly half of black men, 40 percent of white men arrested by age 23 – Times Union.

Breaking down Cuomo’s budget plan – Times Union.

Executive Director – NCCCA. FT job | ART JOBS New York.

L-R Elise LePage (11), Alax LaFountain (13), Justin Bedard (9), AuSable Forks Grand Knight Mark Holt, Stephen Hudson (10), District Deputy Allen Dixon, Johann Hudson (12), Free Throw Chairman D. Peter Light, Hannah Greenley (14) AuSable Forks – Four AuSable Forks and two Morrisonville youths were the top shooters in the Knights of Columbus District […]

Most New Yorkers support Cuomo medical marijuana pilot plan -poll | Reuters.

Cuomo rips into far-right Republican candidates – Times Union.

Pay gets $21M boost at SUNY – Times Union.

Navigating a medical records maze – Times Union.

DiNapoli: 87 School Districts in Fiscal Stress Central New York, North Country and Western New York Have Highest Percentage of Stressed School Districts  Eighty-seven school districts, 13 percent of school districts statewide, have been designated as fiscally stressed under State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. DiNapoli’s office evaluated 674 school districts with […]

Cuomo’s school bond would stall environmental measure | Capital New York.

A Message From the Peru Central School For the past eight years, the Peru Central School District  has organized a Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) that has served to inform and promote school-community discussion concurrent with the school district budget development process. The BAC typically meets 3-4 times to develop an understanding of revenues and expenditures, […]

From the Office of Congressman Bill Owens WASHINGTON—Yesterday, with the House’s passage of a compromise omnibus appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014, Representatives Bill Owens and Peter Welch declared victory over a proposal to study the implementation of a land border crossing fee, something they believe would kill jobs in New York and Vermont and […]

Gov. Cuomo’s reelection being bankrolled by big-bucks buddies, group finds – NY Daily News.